Author Guidelines

Submissions should be made electronically through this website. Please ensure that you consider the following guidelines when preparing your manuscript. Failure to do so may delay the processing of your submission.

Article types

Research articles must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research in the field of James Bond Studies. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge and understanding in this area and should be supported by a relevant methodological framework and an understanding of existing scholarship in this field. Research articles should be betweenn 7,000-9,000 words in length.

Reviews can cover topics from all areas of the James Bond franchise, including (but not limited to): the James Bond films (new releases and retrospectives); the James Bond novels and short stories; the James Bond continuations novels and short stories; the music of James Bond; James Bond computer games; television, radio, and comic adaptations; James Bond parodies and spin-offs; James Bond merchandise; and academic works on James Bond. Review articles should be no longer than 2,000 words in length.

All word limits include referencing and citation.

Structure

Title pageThe title page must include all of the below information, in the same order. No further information should be included:

Author names must include a forename and a surname. Forenames should preferably not include only initials.The affiliation should ideally include Department, Institution, City and Country, however only the Institution and Country are mandatory.NB: As this journal operates a double-blind review process (neither author nor reviewer are known to one another), the title page should be submitted separately from the main text.

AbstractResearch articles must have the main text prefaced by an abstract of no more than 250 words summarising the main arguments and conclusions of the article. This must have the heading ‘Abstract’ and be easily identified from the start of the main text. A list of up to six key words may be placed below the abstract.The Abstract and Keywords should also be added to the metadata when making the initial online submission.

Main textThe body of the submission should be structured in a logical and easy to follow manner. A clear introduction section should be given that allows non-specialists in the subject an understanding of the publication and a background of the issue(s) involved. Discussion and conclusion sections may then follow to clearly detail the information and research being presented.

ReferencesAll references cited within the submission must be listed at the end of the main text file.

Slip-Sliding on a Yellow Brick Road: Stabilisation Efforts in Afghanistan

Headings within the main text:Headings in the text should follow the same rule as the main title.

SpellingSubmissions must be made in English using British spelling

e.g. Colour (UK) and not Color (US)

When referring to proper nouns and normal institutional titles, the official, original spelling must be used.

World Health Organization, not World Health Organisation

GrammarPlease use English grammar rules, including the Oxford comma.

red, white, and blue NOT red, white and blue

FontPlease use Times New Roman, font size 12, double spaced. Note: This may be changed during the typesetting process.Underlined text should be avoided whenever possible.Bold or italicised text to emphasise a point are NOT permitted.

ListsUse bullet points to denote a list without hierarchy or order of value. If the list indicates a specific sequence then a numbered list must be used.Lists should be used sparingly to maximise their impact.

Quotation marksUse double quotation marks except for quotes within another speech, in which case single quotation marks are used.Quotations that are longer than three lines in length must be in an indented paragraph separate from the main text.The standard, non-italicised font must be used for all quotes.It must be clear from the text and/or citation where the quote is sourced. If quoting from material that is under copyright then permission will need to be obtained from the copyright holder.

Acronyms & AbbreviationsWith abbreviations, the crucial goal is to ensure that the reader – particularly one who may not be fully familiar with the topic or context being addressed – is able to follow along. Spell out all acronyms on first use, indicating the acronym in parentheses immediately thereafter. Use the acronym for all subsequent references.

e.g. Research completed by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows …

Abbreviations should usually be in capital letters without full stops.

e.g. USA, not U.S.A

Common examples from Latin origin do not follow this rule and should be lower case and can include full stops.

e.g., i.e., etc.

Use of footnotes/endnotesUse footnotes rather than endnotes.

Data & Symbols

SymbolsSymbols are permitted within the main text and datasets as long as they are commonly in use or have explanatory definition on their first usage.

Hyphenation, em and en dashesThere is no set rule on the use of hyphenation between words, as long as they are consistently used.

NumbersFor numbers zero to nine please spell the whole words. Please use figures for numbers 10 or higher.We are happy for authors to use either words or figures to represent large whole figures (i.e. one million or 1,000,000) as long as the usage is consistent throughout the text. If the sentence includes a series of numbers then figures must be used in each instance.

e.g. Artefacts were found at depths of 5, 9, and 29 cm.

If the number appears as part of a dataset, in conjunction with a symbol or as part of a table then the figure must be used.

e.g. This study confirmed that 5% of…

If a sentence starts with a number it must be spelt, or the sentence should be re-written so that it no longer starts with the number.

e.g. Fifteen examples were found to exist…

References

In-text citationsEvery use of information from other sources must be cited in the text so that it is clear that external material has been used.If the author is already mentioned in the main text then the year should follow the name within parenthesis.

e.g. Both Jones (2013) and Brown (2010) showed that …

If the author name is not mentioned in the main text then the surname and year should be inserted, in parenthesis, after the relevant text. Multiple citations should be separated by semi-colon and follow alphabetical order.

e.g. The statistics clearly show this to be untrue (Brown 2010; Jones 2013).

If three or fewer authors are cited from the same citation then all should be listed. If four or more authors are part of the citation then ‘et al.’ should follow the first author name.

e.g. (Jones, Smith & Brown 2008)

e.g. (Jones et al. 2008)

If citations are used from the same author and the same year, then a lowercase letter, starting from ‘a’, should be placed after the year.

(Jones 2013a; Jones 2013b)

If specific pages are being cited then the page number should follow the year, after a comma.

(Brown 2004, 65; Jones 2013, 143)

For publications authored and published by organisations, use the short form of the organisation’s name or its acronym in lieu of the full name.

Please do not include URLs in parenthetical citations, but rather cite the author or page title and include all details, including the URL, in the reference list.

Reference listAll citations must be listed at the end of the text file, in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames.All reading materials should be included in ‘References’ – works which have not been cited within the main text, but which the author wishes to share with the reader, must be cited as additional information in endnotes explaining the relevance of the work. This will ensure that all works within the reference list are cited within the text.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or the Editor has been provided with an explanation).

Any third-party-owned materials used have been identified with appropriate credit lines, and permission obtained from the copyright holder for all formats of the journal.

All authors qualify as authors, as per the authorship guidelines, and have given permission to be listed on the submitted paper

The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal. Every effort has been made to ensure that author names are removed from the manuscript (following the instructions to ensure blind peer review).

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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Publication Fees

There are no fees for publishing an article within The International Journal of James Bond Studies.